New GoPro HERO4

Most advanced GoPro Ever.

Introducing HERO4 Black, the most advanced GoPro ever. Featuring improved image quality and a 2x more powerful processor with 2x faster video frame rates,1 HERO4 Black takes Emmy® Award-winning GoPro performance to a whole new level. Incredible high-resolution 4K30 and 2.7K50 video and high frame rate 1080p120 video enable stunning, immersive footage of you and your world. New Protune™ settings for both photos and video unlock manual control of Color, ISO Limit, Exposure and more. Waterproof to 131’ (40m) with 12MP photos at a blistering 30 frames per second and improved audio,1 HERO4 Black is the ultimate life-capture solution. 

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2x the Performance.

With a 2x more powerful processor, 2x faster video frame rates and even better image quality than its best-selling predecessor, HERO4 Black delivers footage that’s sharper, richer and more detailed.1 Combined with powerful new features and technologies—and improvements to audio, usability, wireless connectivity and more—HERO4 Black is the most advanced, highest-performing GoPro ever.

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4K30. 4x the resolution of 1080p.

4K30, 2.7K50, 1080p120—HERO4 Black is the first camera of its kind to feature ultra high-resolution, high frame rate video as powerful as this. Once the exclusive domain of large, costly cameras, HERO4 Black delivers truly professional video quality in a tiny package. Stunning clarity. Liquid-smooth slow-motion playback. Cinema-quality capture. HERO4 Black brings it all.

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Fast, powerful photo Capture.

With 12MP Burst photos at a blistering 30 frames per second, HERO4 Black helps you capture the moments you don’t want to miss. Capture single photos, or choose Time Lapse mode to shoot photos automatically at set time intervals from 0.5 to 60 seconds—great for gear-mounted shots when the shutter button is out of reach.

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New settings for after Dark.

Capture the night sky in a whole new way. New Night Photo and Night Lapse modes offer customizable exposure settings of up to 30 seconds for single and Time Lapse photos. Whether you’re shooting the Milky Way or a campfire hangout, Night Photo and Night Lapse allow you to you capture ultra low-light scenes like never before.

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Control, view and Share with built-in Wi-Fi + Bluetooth.

HERO4 Black features built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth®, allowing you to connect to the GoPro App, Smart Remote2 and more. The GoPro App transforms your phone or tablet into a live video remote for your camera, offering full control of all functions and settings, easy shot preview and playback, plus sharing via text, email, Facebook and more. The Smart Remote allows you to control multiple GoPro cameras from distances of up to 600’ (180m).

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HiLight Tag your Best moments.

HiLight Tag, a new HERO4 feature, enables you to mark key moments while recording so you can quickly locate your best clips later for convenient playback, editing or sharing using the GoPro App or GoPro Studio. Just press the dedicated button on the camera or Smart Remote,2 or use the GoPro App to tag your highlights.

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World’s most Immersive video.

HERO4 Black features SuperView™, a GoPro-exclusive video mode that captures the world’s most immersive wide-angle perspective. It allows you to capture more of yourself and your surroundings in the shot—resulting in captivating, ultra engaging footage of every adventure.

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Auto Low Light Mode.

Let the camera do the thinking for you. Auto Low Light mode intelligently changes frame rates based on lighting conditions for optimal low-light performance, enabling you to move between bright and dark environments without having to adjust your camera settings.

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QuikCapture Convenience.

Be ready to capture the moment at a moment’s notice with new QuikCapture mode. It turns your GoPro into a one-button camera, allowing you to power on and start recording automatically with the press of a single button. Press once to record video, press and hold for two seconds to capture Time Lapse photos. Never worry again about missing an epic shot.

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Professional audio Performance.

Featuring a powerful new audio system, HERO4 Black captures clean, high fidelity sound. Its cutting-edge microphone delivers nearly 2x the dynamic range, while a best-in-class audio algorithm ensures your recordings sound smoother and more natural than ever.1 Plus, with its new, integrated ADC (analog-to-digital converter), HERO4 Black is compatible with a wider variety of professional low-sensitivity external mics3 for immersive stereo audio capture and enhanced performance, whether recording voices, an acoustic jam session or a live show.

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Protune™, Now for Photo + Video.

Protune unlocks the camera’s full potential, delivering minimally compressed, cinema-caliber video optimized for professional productions, and advanced manual controls for photos and video. Flex your creativity with customizable settings for Color, ISO Limit, White Balance, Sharpness and Exposure—and enjoy the greatest degree of manual control available in a GoPro camera.

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Improved Camera Control.

HERO4 Black features a new dedicated button that allows you to quickly access and adjust camera settings. Simplified menus make navigating settings more intuitive than ever.1

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Pro-quality capture. Touch-Display Convenience.

Capture your world in an all-new way with HERO4 Silver (ONLY) the first-ever GoPro to feature a built-in touch display. Controlling the camera, framing shots and playing back content is now ultra convenient—just view, tap and swipe the screen. HERO4 Silver captures 1080p60 and 720p120 video with lifelike clarity, plus 12MP photos at a staggering 30 frames per second. New experience-enhancing features include HiLight Tag, which lets you mark key moments for easy playback, editing and sharing, and QuikCapture, which allows you to power on the camera and start recording with the press of a single button. Waterproof to 131’ (40m), HERO4 Silver combines versatility and pro-quality capture with the convenience of a touch display.

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Tip from a PRO: GoPro HERO3 HERO4 Best Practices

GoPro HERO3+ HERO4 Best Practices 

By GoPro Ambassador Professional Surfer Reno Makani  

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Filming Action Sports like Surfing, Snowboarding, Skateboarding, Moto, Drifting, MTB or
any high speed action I use 960p @ 120 fps or or 1080p @ 120 fps. For ultra wide clean crisp shots use 1440p @ 48-80 fps and HERO4 Silver & HERO3+ Black users try 1080p 60 fps or 960p @ 100 fps. For professional settings turn ON Protune - I like to use these configured settings for during the day - Spot Meter Off - Unless I'm in a tight dark area pointing the camera into a brighter setting. Protune On, White Balance AUTO, Color GoPro, ISO Limit 400, Sharpness LOW and EV Comp N/A. Protune On makes Neutral Color for more flexibility during post production. Able to now Record video in cinema quality 24 fps.    

(Note) HERO3 Silver users I recommend 720p @ 60 fps for high speed action.
To sum it up it depends on what your doing in post production. If seamless slow motion is what you want, I recommend filming in higher fps resulting in smoother slow motion.
(Note) HERO4 Black users if you really want to get the best quality try 4K @ 30 fps it will blow your mind :) but remember you need a fast processor and 4K TV/Monitor.

On location in Mexico > Time-Lapse 0.5 Photo GoPro

(Note) Learn to use GoPro Studio 2.5.3 to convert/transcode clips (720p, 960p & 1440p) to 1080p. If your just wanting to film B-roll use 1080p @ 60fps or 1080p @ 30 fps. HERO3+ Black users try 1080p 48 fps SuperView On if your feeling a little lazy haha)  

I recommend using New GoPro Studio 2.5.3 software to convert/transcode 720p, 960p & 1440p to 1080p HD video. You can also use GoPro Studio 2.5.3 for amazing photography time-lapse's.

Better yet GoPro Studio is FREE. Download your copy > http://bit.ly/GoPro_Studio_2

(Note) Functions include • Frame-rate adjust for slow motion • Exposure • Contrast • Saturation • Color Temperature • Image flip rotation  • Slow Motion • Video Templates • Frame Re-size (Up-res/Down-res) 

(Note) Your gonna have to play with the Framing Controls like Zoom, Horizontal Position, Vert Pos, Rotation, H.Zoom, H.Dynamic, Cropping and zoom etc in order to get the ratio perfect.

Time-Lapse of a sunrise or sunset I will usually capture one photo every 2 seconds (30 photos per 1 minute)

(Note) When shooting faster moving abjects you will want to speed up the Time-Lapse to 1 photo every sec (60 photos in 1 minute) 

Time-Lapse 1 photo every 2 seconds > Photo GoPro

Action Shots with Time-Lapse. If I don't have access to my hands or remote I use Time-Lapse 1 photo every 0.5 seconds. (120 photos in 1 minute)

(Note) From time to time I use Burst Mode (HERO4) at 30 fps 12 MP photos at 1-3 second intervals for ultimate detail and a streamline sequence.

Burst Mode 30 photos in 2 seconds (Remote on my wrist) > Photo GoPro

 San Diego Freeway 8 looking east (Night Lapse Mode)  Photo GoPro HERO4 Black

Riding my Fiik Electric Skateboard at SDSU (Night Lapse) Photo GoPro HERO4 Black

Night Photo - Long Exposure

Shutter - 2 Seconds

Spot Meter - Off

Protune - On

White Balance - 3000K

Color - GoPro Color

ISO Limit - 100 or 200

Sharpness - Low, Medium or High depending how bright the shot is.

Exposure time on Night Photo is set to auto by default. In auto you can expose from 1/4096th of a second up to 2 seconds. This means you can use this mode to shoot regular photos as well! More customized photos, manually set the exposure to 2 sec, 5, 10, 20 or even 30 sec. Use with the App remote or WiFi remote. This mode can be great for long exposure video creation, stop-motion and mental low light shots from just about all scenes imagined. 

Post Production - (Video) 

I use Final Cut Pro X ($299) but you can use iMovie  (FREE with MAC) 

and new  GoPro Studio 2.5.3 use iOS Apps like iMovie, Splice, iMotionHD and SquaredyV.

(Note) Watch my last FCP production (GoPro Surfing China) with Teammate Jamie Sterling (Video Below) This video was my second GoPro video of the day to be featured.

Here's another photo that was shared on GoPro social media of Jamie Starling and I.

Post Production MAC - (Photography) 

I recommend Photo Shop CC and Adobe Light Room (FREE Trials Available for PS & LR) iPhoto (FREE) works decent and is great for beginners. 

(Note) iOS iPhone Apps I like to use are GoProApp, Light Room Mobile (Great way to sync photos from your MAC to your iPhone) DropBox Snapseed, Camera+, Squaready Pro, Squaready V, JusGram, Repost, PS Express, PicPlayPost, Lensflair, iMovie, iMotionHD, ColorSplash, LetterFX, PhotoCube, VersaGram, PhotoWizard, TextMask, Phonto and iWaterMark to name a few.

Time-Lapse 1 photo every 0.5 seconds > Photo GoPro

Other Info -

Battery life
One of the weakest areas of the GoPro HERO3. It’s due to the intense processing power required to run all those high resolutions and frame rates. The GoPro HERO3 is very small so there’s no more room for larger battery power. Decreasing the power supply we now have WiFi built in. Here is a diagram that will help you understand how long you will be able to capture media with your GoPro HERO3. Have not tested battery life for the new HERO4

Stand-By Mode
Kicks in after the camera has been idle in any state (except recording) after 5 minutes.  Once it’s in stand-by mode you won’t see anything different on the screen. If you press a button to record you’ll notice there’s a 1 second delay between pressing the button and the camera responding. (Note) if you’re in photo mode and you’re waiting more than 5 minutes to capture a moment!).  If you’ve ever wondered why there’s been a delay – that’s why!  Stand-by mode is amazing for when the camera is accidentally turns on. GoPro did some recording tests and the camera ran on stand-by mode (waiting to film) for 6 hours before draining the battery supply. I always recommend setting your GoPro to turn off in 120 seconds. Have not tested Stand-ByMode battery life for the new HERO4.

Professional Techniques - 

Learn to use the Wifi Remote. This will result in saving time and capturing shots remotely. 

Learn to use the GoPro App. I use this religiously to change settings and calibrate my view of whats in frame. I also transfer media back to my iPad or iPhone. 

(Note) Last thing you want to do is go out and capture amazing content then later find out that you or your object was not within frame. 

(Note) Be sure you turn off WiFi function when your done unless your using remote or App as it will drain your battery quite fast.

Night Photo - Long Exposure
Shutter - 2 Seconds
Spot Meter - Off
Protune - On
White Balance - 3000K
Color - GoPro Color
ISO Limit - 100 or 200
Sharpness - Low, Medium or High depending how bright the shot is.

Thanks for tuning into my network. I'm happy to add value and share my GoPro knowledge as 2014 will mark 9 years since I first experimented Nicholas Woodmans original GoPro Hero 35mm wrist camera and going on 7 years since religiously working with GoPro on a professional level adding value and putting cameras in places that have yet to be seen. 

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